Title
Chan Shu May with midwifery classmates
Year/Period
1948
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 14.5 x 19.0 cm,
Image size: 14.5 x 19.0 cm
Image size: 14.5 x 19.0 cm
Accession No.
2025-00382
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Stephanie Ho
This is a photograph of Chan Shu May with midwifery classmates at the former Kandang Kerbau Hospital in 1948. Chan is fourth from right in the back row.Chan Shu May was born in Jiangsu, China in 1920, and subsequently moved to Singapore. She was with the Medical Auxiliary Service (MAS) during World War Two. The MAS provided medical aid during the Japanese bombing of Singapore. She then worked as a midwife from the 1950s to the 1970s before becoming a fulltime housewife.
